PMID: 16513902Mar 4, 2006Paper

Assessment of depressive symptoms in deaf persons

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Philip ZazoveDaniel W Gorenflo

Abstract

Evidence suggests that Deaf people may have a greater prevalence of depressive symptoms. However, it is unclear whether commonly used written screening instruments are accurate with this population because of their unique cultural and linguistic factors. Deaf persons (n = 71) residing in southeastern Michigan. Subjects completed the Zung Self-Rated Depression Scale in both the written (ZSDS-W) and American Sign Language (ZSDS-S) formats and the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) in American Sign Language in counterbalanced order, followed by a Test Of Reading Comprehension (TORC). They also provided extensive data on demographic, hearing loss, language use, social and health care use variables. Mean subject age was 52 years, 63% of subjects were women, 95% were Caucasian, and 47% were married (87% to another deaf/hard of hearing person). Thirty percent had a college degree and 20% had less than a 10th grade education. The ZSDS-W and ZSDS-S scores were highly correlated (r = +0.79), although the mean ZSDS-W score was 2.8 points higher (P = .001). The ZSDS-S correlated more highly (r = 0.80) with the HAM-D than the ZSDS-W (r = 0.71). There was a significant interaction effect (P < .001) such that the ZSDS-W and HAM-D were signific...Continue Reading

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Apr 18, 2013·Journal of Health Communication·Philip ZazoveDaniel W Gorenflo
Nov 23, 2013·Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Österreichischer Nervenärzte und Psychiater·Matthäus Fellinger, Johannes Fellinger
Mar 20, 2012·Lancet·Johannes FellingerRobert Pollard
Jun 2, 2020·Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan·Naomi HyoguchiToshio Kubota
Nov 17, 2009·Behavioural Brain Research·R Canbeyli
Oct 2, 2021·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Dipanjan RayMoumita Das

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